gaited

[ gey-tid ]

/ ˈgeɪ tɪd /

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adjective

having a specified gait (usually used in combination): slow-gaited; heavy-gaited oxen.

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Origin of gaited

First recorded in 1580–90; gait + -ed³

OTHER WORDS FROM gaited

un·gait·ed, adjectivewell-gaited, adjective

Words nearby gaited

gainsay, Gainsborough, 'gainst, Gaiseric, gait, gaited, gaiter, Gaithersburg, Gaitskell, Gaius, Gajdusek

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How to use gaited in a sentence

Really, all I care for is a decently gaited horse—and I prefer to walk him half the time.
The Streets of Ascalon|Robert W. Chambers
As a good, off-hand, free-going, single-gaited liar you have few equals and no superiors.
Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6)|John McElroy
A very dark chestnut with silver mane and tail, five-gaited, and as stylish as a lady?
The Pride of Palomar|Peter B. Kyne
We know how the gymnasium can metamorphose a loose-jointed, lop-sided, stoop-shouldered, shamble-gaited young fellow.
On the Firing Line in Education|Adoniram Judson Ladd

She is light gaited, not long and logy in her movements, and carries her own head.
Patroclus and Penelope|Theodore Ayrault Dodge

British Dictionary definitions for gaited

-gaited

/ (ˈɡeɪtɪd) /

adjective

(in combination) having a gait as specifiedslow-gaited

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